2 files changed, 59 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/embassy-cortex-m/src/interrupt.rs b/embassy-cortex-m/src/interrupt.rs
index ead9d52fe..3a82726df 100644
--- a/embassy-cortex-m/src/interrupt.rs
+++ b/embassy-cortex-m/src/interrupt.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,36 @@ pub mod _export {
     pub use embassy_macros::{cortex_m_interrupt as interrupt, cortex_m_interrupt_declare as declare};
 }
 
+/// Interrupt handler trait.
+///
+/// Drivers that need to handle interrupts implement this trait.
+/// The user must ensure `on_interrupt()` is called every time the interrupt fires.
+/// Drivers must use use [`Binding`] to assert at compile time that the user has done so.
+pub trait Handler<I: Interrupt> {
+    /// Interrupt handler function.
+    ///
+    /// Must be called every time the `I` interrupt fires, synchronously from
+    /// the interrupt handler context.
+    ///
+    /// # Safety
+    ///
+    /// This function must ONLY be called from the interrupt handler for `I`.
+    unsafe fn on_interrupt();
+}
+
+/// Compile-time assertion that an interrupt has been bound to a handler.
+///
+/// For the vast majority of cases, you should use the `bind_interrupts!`
+/// macro instead of writing `unsafe impl`s of this trait.
+///
+/// # Safety
+///
+/// By implementing this trait, you are asserting that you have arranged for `H::on_interrupt()`
+/// to be called every time the `I` interrupt fires.
+///
+/// This allows drivers to check bindings at compile-time.
+pub unsafe trait Binding<I: Interrupt, H: Handler<I>> {}
+
 /// Implementation detail, do not use outside embassy crates.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub struct DynHandler {
diff --git a/embassy-nrf/src/lib.rs b/embassy-nrf/src/lib.rs
index 3c5db5c7c..446b1f41a 100644
--- a/embassy-nrf/src/lib.rs
+++ b/embassy-nrf/src/lib.rs
@@ -95,14 +95,39 @@ pub mod wdt;
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "_nrf9160", path = "chips/nrf9160.rs")]
 mod chip;
 
-pub use chip::EASY_DMA_SIZE;
-
 pub mod interrupt {
-    //! nRF interrupts for cortex-m devices.
+    //! Interrupt definitions and macros to bind them.
     pub use cortex_m::interrupt::{CriticalSection, Mutex};
     pub use embassy_cortex_m::interrupt::*;
 
     pub use crate::chip::irqs::*;
+
+    /// Macro to bind interrupts to handlers.
+    ///
+    /// This defines the right interrupt handlers, and creates a unit struct (like `struct Irqs;`)
+    /// and implements the right [`Binding`]s for it. You can pass this struct to drivers to
+    /// prove at compile-time that the right interrupts have been bound.
+    // developer note: this macro can't be in `embassy-cortex-m` due to the use of `$crate`.
+    #[macro_export]
+    macro_rules! bind_interrupts {
+        ($vis:vis struct $name:ident { $($irq:ident => $($handler:ty),*;)* }) => {
+            $vis struct $name;
+
+            $(
+                #[allow(non_snake_case)]
+                #[no_mangle]
+                unsafe extern "C" fn $irq() {
+                    $(
+                        <$handler as $crate::interrupt::Handler<$crate::interrupt::$irq>>::on_interrupt();
+                    )*
+                }
+
+                $(
+                    unsafe impl $crate::interrupt::Binding<$crate::interrupt::$irq, $handler> for $name {}
+                )*
+            )*
+        };
+    }
 }
 
 // Reexports
@@ -111,7 +136,7 @@ pub mod interrupt {
 pub use chip::pac;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "unstable-pac"))]
 pub(crate) use chip::pac;
-pub use chip::{peripherals, Peripherals};
+pub use chip::{peripherals, Peripherals, EASY_DMA_SIZE};
 pub use embassy_cortex_m::executor;
 pub use embassy_cortex_m::interrupt::_export::interrupt;
 pub use embassy_hal_common::{into_ref, Peripheral, PeripheralRef};